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Newsbin 6.90 Release Final, March 4, 2022

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New
Features

  • Better support for obfuscated posting methods as well as new NZB formats
  • 7Zip Support
  • Improvements to display update mechanism
  • Improvements to server connection management
  • Minor Bug Fixes
  • Click on "Changes in this Version" tab for more details.

Changes in
this Version

Version 6.90 Final Release Build 5525, March 4, 2022

    NOTE: Will not run on XP, Vista, or 32 bit machines.

  • Rebuilt as final production version
  • Enabled language selection at install time
  • Rebuilt languge dll files and made available for download
  • Translation volunteers please visit the Translation Wiki
  • Details in the Newsbin Forums
Known Issues:

Change
History

Version 6.90 Release Candidate 6 Build 5504, December 22, 2021

    NOTE: Will not run on XP, Vista, or 32 bit machines.

  • Header: Incomplete posts don.t show new OR old on the post list display.
  • Fixed issue where speed limiter was causing the GUI to stutter
  • Fixed issue where the repair progress wasn't showing.
  • Fixed issue where the Files list find was using filenames instead of the description field.
  • Validated posting capabilities and addressed some issues there.
  • Made change to no longer rename obfuscated descriptions if the number of output files is more than 5.
  • Changed obfuscated file rename to ignore anything but MKV, MP4 and some other media files. Solves reported problems with BDMV
  • Details in the Newsbin Forums
Known Issues:

Version 6.90 Release Candidate 5 Build 5485, November 19, 2021

    NOTE: Will not run on XP, Vista, or 32 bit machines.

  • Fixed issue where when the data folder in the NBI is missing the trailing slash, the folder used was one level up.
  • Fixed issue where download descriptions and poster were not sorting.
  • Changed watch lists to obey "Display Age".
  • AutoPAR now scans files and adds proper extensions based on file type when the extension is missing.
  • AutoPAR now looks in the subject for rename topic when downloading obfuscated posts.
  • Now supports NZB files that contain three way encoded content. Now will RAR/ZIP then RAR again.
  • Fixed a password problem with quickpar master splitter (QPMS) 7zip files which need passwords.
  • Fixed issue where default pause during decode to wouldn't pause during decode.
  • Made changes to ensure samples don't get mixed in when doing forced compaction when loading NZBs.
  • Now puts filepath validator in Remote NZB Decode Path to handle case where a partial path is provided.
  • Now uses NZB Download folder for NZB's if no specific decode folder is set.
  • Fixed issue where some PAR only sets linger in the download list even when they finish downloading.
  • When the final PAR downloads, now sends a notification to unpause more pars to catch PAR files that may not have been associated with this file. Move the set to failed if the unrar didn't complete.
  • You can't use the root path of a drive for downloading.
  • Added support for new NZB Formats which didn't compact and resulted in some left over PAR files.
  • Made modifications to pathing so hopefully it is more intuitive.
  • Made change to handle if no decode path is set, Newsbin will set the decode path to the download path.
  • Removed "Cat tv;" from the NZB filename stored in the download db for Sonarr files. It interfered with obfuscation rename function.
  • Made changes so the largest media files from Sonarr is stored in the succeeded list. Sonarr uses this list to pick up downloaded files.
  • Fixed issue where the default unrar path configured in sonarr options is bad
  • Sonarr uses category to ID which NZB's belong to it. Implemented new mechanism for storing as old one was not reliable.
  • Fixed issue posting files to Usenet
  • Details in the Newsbin Forums

Version 6.90 Release Candidate 3 Build 5462, September 20, 2021

    NOTE: Will not run on XP, Vista, or 32 bit machines.

  • Support for yet another type of post obfuscation.
  • Removed the behavior where NZBs always loaded directly to the download list.
  • Fixed "delete all posts" behavior. It will not trigger re-download of all headers after use.
  • Fixed issue where support of old header formats was lost.
  • Cosmetic fixes.
  • Details in the Newsbin Forums

Version 6.90 Release Candidate 1 Build 5424, July 31, 2021

    NOTE: Will not run on XP, Vista, or 32 bit machines.

  • Changes in Sonarr integration.
  • Fixed in AutoPAR behavior.
  • Cosmetic fixes.
  • Implemented logic to make damaged NZB files work. (Thanks to ideas our new friend in Germany) :)
  • Details in the Newsbin Forums
Known Issues:

Version 6.90 Beta 12 Build 5396, July 4, 2021

    NOTE: Will not run on XP, Vista, or 32 bit machines.

  • Fixed posting mechanism
  • Fixed Poster Lockout mechanism
  • Newest format NZB's with embedded invisible PARS now working properly.
  • Fixed 16K hash collisions in certain par sets (happened rarely)
  • Details in the Newsbin Forums
Known Issues:

Version 6.90 Beta 10 Build 5368, May 23, 2021

    NOTE: Will not run on XP machines.

  • Fixed issue with Group of Groups path getting applied wrong. Now replaces slash with underscore.
  • Fixed issue where header import seems to interrupt large header loading.
  • Added more space to the Post List control for showing filter/full counts.
  • Speed improvements for loading large groups into a post list.
  • Fixed issue where repaired files that don't unrar were getting left in two places.
  • Added capability to use portion of filename as password for encrypted files. Some posters seem to follow this pattern.
  • Improvements to ctrl-r (read post body) functionality
  • Details in the Newsbin Forums
Known Issues:

Version 6.90 Beta 7 Build 5317, February 28, 2021

    NOTE: Will not run on XP machines.

  • Fixed issue with 7Zip master splitter files with accompaning PAR files (QPMS) wouldn't repair properly.
  • Fixed issue when a file in a combined set didn't belong to the PAR set, it wouldn't trigger a repair attempt.
  • Fixed issue in Properties windows, it wasn't showing correct file status
  • Now applies rename of obfuscated posts more broadly to any media extension.
  • Fixed problem with excessive memory use in long download sessions
  • Fixed issue where one small file missing from a set might prevent the rest of the repair and unrar.
  • Fixed issue showing the pause icon on the start bar.
  • Full release notes available after running the installer.
Known Issues:


  • Speed limiter causes the GUI to stutter
  • Can't sample 7zip encoded sets
  • Password entry is ambiguous. If you want to add to the list, you have to use the main menu. The password entry in the download list assigns passwords to downloads.
  • Download speed seems erratic. Need to see if packet delivery is stalling or needs caching.
  • Sampling from files list doesn't work. Doesn't generate proper samples in list.
  • Poster lockouts still not hooked up. Poster delete still works.
  • Default filter file isn't getting installed
  • Posting doesn't work

Version 6.90 Beta 2 Build 5218, December 29, 2020

    NOTE: Will not run on XP machines.

  • Fixed issue processing password protected files
  • Display update should be smoother now. Hopefully fewer "Display Update Pending" messages.
  • Improvements to server connection management. If the server rejects a connection, will "jail" the connection for 10 minutes. It will show as red in the display until the jail expires.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

Version 6.90 Beta 1 Build 5200, August 13, 2020

    NOTE: Will not run on XP machines.

  • 7zip support.
  • fix for certain corrupted NZBs
  • Fixes for some weird autopar cases.
  • Restrict the length of pathing and filenames derived from the NZB Filename.
  • Improved rename of obscured unrars. If the extension doesn't exist, the file is probed for the proper extension.
  • Latest OpenSSL and MbedTLS
  • Fixed issue where speed limit would get enabled when entering some options dialogs.
  • Fix for some illegal encodings in NZB Files
  • Improved Files list cleanup
  • Restrict NZB Filenames to 80 chars (for pathing).
  • Restrict NZB Derived paths to 80 chars (for pathing)
  • Removed .set selection. in download list during delete. Otherwise selection will grow and it steals focus.
  • Addressed issue with CRC errors on some decode blocks.
  • Restrict the length of the MKV file rename by restricting the length of the NZB Filename part.
  • Fixed issue where the download list sometimes steals focus from post list.
  • Fixed a problem where a partial download with partial rename which left a mix of renamed and not renames files wouldn.t unrar properly.
  • Sets with no obvious PAR files now downloads smallest to largest.
Awards
Astraweb recommended Newsbin Pro. Tried it and it was able to download complete files my other newsreader could only download partials of. Newsbin Pro also combined my rar files that I used to have to combine manually. Paid $30 for the other newsreader and it doesn't come with lifetime upgrades either. K.T., Port Orange, FL - August 19, 2017